Internet overseers seek crackdown on coronavirus website scams
The agency that oversees online addresses on Tuesday called for those issuing website address to vigilantly thwart cyber scams exploiting coronavirus fears. The Internet Corporation…
Virus may spark global condom shortage
A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world’s top maker of the contraceptives said, with…
US reports biggest daily increase in coronavirus deaths, with NY at epicenter
Even as medical teams struggled to save an onslaught of gravely ill coronavirus patients and deaths hit new highs, the number of COVID-19 hospitalisations seemed…
French economy enters recession with 6 percent drop in first quarter, its worst since 1945
In its worst performance since 1945, the French economy shrank around six percent in the first quarter of this year as the coronavirus pandemic decimated…
Cardinal Pell accuser ‘accepts’ acquittal
A former choirboy who accused Australian Cardinal George Pell of molesting him said Wednesday he accepts the top Vatican cleric’s acquittal, but urged survivors of…
OECD says leading indicators flag biggest monthly drop on record
Major economies are seeing the biggest monthly slump in activity ever amid the coronavirus crisis and no end is in sight without clarity about how…
U.S. coronavirus restrictions create split among religious liberty advocates
When an evangelical Christian pastor was arrested in Florida for flouting a stay-at-home order aimed at curbing the new coronavirus, a conservative religious liberty group…
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now
Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-idUSKBN21Q0NZ?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The…
M 5.4 – 176km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna
4.5+ Magnitude Earthquake Reported: M 5.4 – 176km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna PAGER – GREEN ShakeMap – I Time 2020-04-08 10:02:31 UTC 2020-04-07…
Monster cyclone Harold tears through Fiji
A deadly Pacific storm slammed into Fiji on Wednesday, tearing off roofs and flooding towns, after leaving a trail of destruction in the Solomon Islands…
Coronavirus is spreading in Texas nursing homes. But the state won’t share the details.
Families and advocates for nursing home residents are calling on Texas officials to release the numbers and names of facilities where coronavirus infection has been…
ECB urges measures worth 1.5 trillion euros this year to tackle virus crisis: sources
The European Central Bank told euro zone finance ministers that the bloc may need fiscal measures worth up to 1.5 trillion euros ($1.6 trillion) this…
Irresponsible of governments to leave ECB alone in virus fight: Kazaks
It would be irresponsible of euro zone countries to leave the European Central Bank alone in the fight against an economic slump caused by the…
M 4.7 – 140km NNE of Chichi-shima, Japan
4.5+ Magnitude Earthquake Reported: M 4.7 – 140km NNE of Chichi-shima, Japan Time 2020-04-08 07:58:53 UTC 2020-04-08 17:58:53 +10:00 at epicenter Location 28.322°N 142.527°E Depth…
China’s Wuhan ends its coronavirus lockdown but elsewhere one begins
The Chinese city where the new coronavirus emerged ended its more-than two-month lockdown on Wednesday, even as a small northern city ordered restrictions on its…
UK PM Johnson stable after second night in intensive care battling COVID-19
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care and was in a stable condition after receiving oxygen support for COVID-19 complications…
With supplies back, Hong Kong expats ship masks home to coronavirus hot spots
Expatriates in Hong Kong are buying up masks to send to family and friends back home as supplies return to shops in the Asian financial…
M 5.0 – 115km WNW of Naha-shi, Japan
4.5+ Magnitude Earthquake Reported: M 5.0 – 115km WNW of Naha-shi, Japan Time 2020-04-08 05:55:50 UTC 2020-04-08 13:55:50 +08:00 at epicenter Location 26.688°N 126.649°E Depth…
Asian shares turn mixed, oil rebounds in choppy trade
Asian stocks were mixed on Wednesday after two sessions of sharp gains as investors tempered their optimism about the coronavirus while death tolls were still…
Pulp friction: Border jams delay supply of toilet paper’s only ingredient
As several European borders limit travel to stop the spread of COVID-19, two of the world’s biggest pulp makers say transportation logjams are delaying shipments…
Amazon to suspend delivery service competing with UPS, FedEx
Amazon.com Inc will suspend a delivery service that aims to compete with UPS and FedEx in the United States. Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-delivery/amazon-to-suspend-delivery-service-competing-with-ups-fedex-idUSKBN21P3EB?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out…
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